P.R. Agency Adds L.G.B.T. Practice

MWW said it would acquire and absorb the Macias Media Group in Los Angeles, which focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender consumers.

    



Advertising: Banana Republic Ads With Real-Life Unions Include a Gay Couple

Banana Republic will present Nate Berkus with his fiancé, Jeremiah Brent, as one of the stylish pairs who are together in real life.

    



Gay-Rights Advocates Target Sponsors Over Law

Two more sponsors of the United States Olympic team condemned the law, but leading global sponsors did not join them.

    

AT&T Becomes First Major Advertiser to Protest Russia’s Antigay Law

The company says it stands against a measure outlawing “homosexual propaganda” that has led to protests aimed at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

    



Attack on Gay Journalist Not a Hate Crime, Police Say

A 24-year-old man was charged in the beating of Randy Gener, a Filipino journalist, in Manhattan, but the police said the attack had not been motivated by bias.

    



How Gay News Anchors Broke Their Own Coming Out Stories

A look at how Robin Roberts of “Good Morning America” and other news anchors broke the news that they are gay.

    



Advertising: Fans Criticize Move to Suspend ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star

Religious and conservative groups accused A&E of attacking Christian values and free speech after the network suspended Phil Robertson over comments he made in GQ magazine.

    



Merchandise Uses Olympics Principles Against Russian Anti-Gay Laws

In time for the Winter Games in Sochi, a prominent campaign is highlighting the anti-discrimination language of the Olympic charter.

    



MSNBC Suspends Alec Baldwin and His Talk Show

The actor Alec Baldwin, who hosts “Up Late,” caused an uproar after video was released of a confrontation he had with reporters, in which he used a gay slur.

    



Civil Behavior: The Changing Rules of Outing

Intention matters when a publication chooses to out a celebrity.

    



Over: How Outing Lost Its Power to Shock

The reporting that a public figure is gay barely registers as newsworthy now, but that was not always the case.

    



The Media Equation: Gawker Kicks Open the Closet, but Its Disclosure Barely Reverberates

Now that gay marriage is a fact of life, a person’s sexual orientation is not only not news, it’s not very interesting.

    



Glaad Sees Improvement in Depictions of Gays and Lesbians on TV

The organization found no network “excellent” in its diversity, but most of the biggest networks were found to be “good,” according to a new report.

    



ArtsBeat: Study of 2012 Movies Finds Few Gay Characters on Big Screen

Of 101 films released by the six major studios in 2012, Glaad said only 14 of them contained characters that were identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual, and none that were were transgender.

    

Author’s Views on Gay Marriage Fuel Call for Boycott

A boycott campaign against the coming film “Ender’s Game,” prompted by the anti-gay views of the author of the novel that inspired the movie, has suddenly gained traction.

    

Advertising: Commercials With a Gay Emphasis Are Moving to Mainstream Media

Until recently, ads with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender themes were usually limited to media those consumers watched and read.

    

How Sports Illustrated Broke the Jason Collins Story

The magazine trod carefully after Mr. Collins’s agent offered exclusive coverage, as long as the N.B.A. player could tell his own story.